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About robhunt510

Writer, artist

Europe, with hope

Posted on July 14, 2007 by robhunt510

“Our intellectual potential needs its own spaces, for Europe’s sense of purpose and for Europe’s good. Culture must simply be given the room it needs, without specifying in advance what this room should be. Europe must be prepared to take … Continue reading →

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"Millions to dreams" – here’s one to dream about

Posted on July 14, 2007 by robhunt510

“The culture-rich country lacks a major museum for contemporary work, but in Venice, businessman-art collector François Pinault sets out to correct that.” From today’s LA Times. Venice suddenly seems less daunting. A bit.

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News Alert: The Italian War on Terror

Posted on July 14, 2007 by robhunt510

When asked the secret of his success the world’s greatest comedian interrupts the question to shout: “timing”. I feel a little like the world’s worst reporter today as I read that in Padua, forty kilometres away, terrorist arrests have been … Continue reading →

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* The moment a man begins to talk about technique that’s proof that he is fresh out of ideas

Posted on July 13, 2007 by robhunt510

* The quote is from one of my gods: the American-“anglo” crime writer, Raymond Chandler “…the art of urban civilizations tends to be static, solid, and symmetrical. It is disciplined by the representation of the human body and by the … Continue reading →

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Forwards and back

Posted on July 12, 2007 by robhunt510

“Tis all in peeces, all coherence gone;All just supply, and all Relation” Tom’s friend, John Donne & his poem “Anatomy of the World”. “We sail out of the harbour, and the countries and cities recede” Virgil, The Aeneid The idea … Continue reading →

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Flimsy Perspectives

Posted on July 11, 2007 by robhunt510

The origin of things is wholly the work of that which imagines, thinks, wills, feels. Friedrich Nietzsche. This morning over coffee a young English “classics” post-graduate who is probably going to start an education course in New York this autumn … Continue reading →

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John and Connie’s Optically Controlled Synth / Theremin.

Posted on July 10, 2007 by robhunt510

Live from Lyon

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Apt to Linger

Posted on July 10, 2007 by robhunt510

“We spend our days looking for the secret of Life. Well, the secret of Life is Art!” “My first idea was to print only three copies: one for myself, one for the British Museum, and one for Heaven. I had … Continue reading →

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The Betwixt Pillow

Posted on July 10, 2007 by robhunt510
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Emotional Antiquity

Posted on July 9, 2007 by robhunt510

At a dinner recently in London I was, again, the only English person present. What were the people there? They were Peruvian, African-Indian, Israeli, Romanian, American and Italian. At one stage the conversation was about “Englishness,” a subject that divides … Continue reading →

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